THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SCALE FOR NURSE STUDENTS การพัฒนาแบบวัดความสามารถคิดบริหารจัดการตน สำหรับนักศึกษาพยาบาล

Abstract

The main purpose of this research aim to develop the executive function scale for nurse students with the specific purpose that including 1) to develop the executive function indicators and sub-indicators for nurse student, 2) to develop and investigate the content validity, discrimination, reliability as well as construct validity of executive function scale for nurse students, and 3) to develop the norms of executive function scale for nurse students. The sample of the study comprised 2,400 of nurse students from nursing college of the Praboromarajchanok Institute under the Ministry of Public Health by applying multi-stage sampling. The research instrument was the executive function scale. The data were analyzed by using median, interquartile range, Normalized T-score, correlation coefficient, t-test and confirmatory factor analysis. The research found that:
1. There were 9 indicators and 16 sub-indicators for executive function for nurse students. Their appropriateness was between a high level and the highest level.
2. There were 43 item of executive function scale for nurse students. It was characterized as a situation test. The questions were in a situational manner in the teaching and learning context for nursing students. There were four behavioral options. The criteria for scoring set between 1 – 4 points. The investigate content validity found that the item content validity index set between 0.89 – 1.00 and the content validity for scale was 0.98. The discrimination found that item were discrimination by analyzing t-test that could distinguish the low group and the high group was significant at level .05 and when analyzing with corrected item – total correlation (CITC). The discrimination was greater than 0.2 number of 43 items. In the term of reliability, the internal consistency of reliability method was examined using cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was found to be 0.936. In terms of construct validity, it was found that the executive function scale for nurse students correlated with empirical data and had constructed validity (Chi-square = 24.892, df = 15, p-value = 0.051 RMSEA = 0.033, CFI = 0.997 and SRMR = 0.013)
3. The norms for assessing of executive function scale for nurse students devided into 5 levels which were very high, with standard scores (Normalized T – score) greater than 65 and raw scores set between 157 – 172, High levels set standard scores (Normalized T-score) between 55 – 64 and raw scores between 137 – 156, Intermediate set standard scores (Normalized T-score) between 45 – 54 and raw scores between 117 – 136, Low scores set standard scores (Normalized T-score) between 35 – 44 and raw scores between 97 – 116, and very low level set standard scores (Normalized T-score) from 34 below and raw scores between 0 – 96.